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Digging into Romance

An Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2021

Andrew M. Richmond
Andrew M. Richmond
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Southern Connecticut State University
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My introduction situates the study by defining “landscape” within the genre of Middle English popular romance, examines the current critical conversation regarding medieval conceptions of the environment, and places late medieval romances in the context of the burgeoning Little Ice Age. It concludes with a précis of the following study.

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Middle English romancemedieval literaturelandscapewaterscapeseascapeenvironmentecocriticismenvironmental historylandscape studiesLittle Ice Age
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Landscape in Middle English Romance
The Medieval Imagination and the Natural World
 , pp. 1 - 23
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Digging into Romance
  • Andrew M. Richmond, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Book: Landscape in Middle English Romance
  • Online publication: 06 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917452.001
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  • Digging into Romance
  • Andrew M. Richmond, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Book: Landscape in Middle English Romance
  • Online publication: 06 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917452.001
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  • Digging into Romance
  • Andrew M. Richmond, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Book: Landscape in Middle English Romance
  • Online publication: 06 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917452.001
Available formats
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